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MF 048 “Penobscot Bay Islands”
Interviews
Number of
Interviews: 7
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1975
Time period covered: 1890s-1940s
Principal interviewers: John Bannon & Lisa Schneider
Finding Aides: brief indexes
Access Restrictions: none
Description: A series of interviews with residents of the
Penobscot Bay Islands. Interviewees discuss local history; economic
aspects of island life; food supplies; summer people; fishing;
farming; sail, steam, and motor boats; health care; and schools.
Specific islands discussed include: Hog Island, Pond Island, Western
Island, Pickering’s Island; Eagle Island, Opechee Island, Bear
Island, and Butter Island.
990 Bannon, John. Summer 1975. Maine: Stonington. 17 pp.
Tape: 3 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cats. Interviews with Clara Orcutt
about Hog Island, Pond Islands, and Western Island. Penobscot Bay
Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation. T990 - T993
991 Bannon, John. Summer 1975. Maine: Camden. 16 pp. Tape: 1
1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Captain Erland Quinn
about Eagle Island. Penobscot Bay Islands Project, Dept. of
Conservation. T994 - T997
992 Bannon, John. Summer 1975. Maine: Ellsworth. 8 pp. Tape:
1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Lem Robbins about
Opechee Island, buildings, work, transportation, history. Penobscot
Bay Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation. T998
993 Bannon, John. Summer 1975. Maine: Deer Isle. 7 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Wolcott Hardie about Bear
Island. Penobscot Bay Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation.
T999
994 Bannon, John. Summer 1975. Maine: Deer Isle. 6 pp. Tape:
2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Vida Sylvester about
Eagle Island. Penobscot Bay Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation.
T1000 - T1001
995 Schneider, Lisa. Summer 1975. Maine: Little Deer Isle. 9
pp. Tape: 1 3/4 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Abby Weed
about local history of Butter Island, Bear Island, Eagle Island.
Penobscot Bay Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation. T1002 -
T1004
996 Schneider, Lisa. Summer 1975. Maine: Stonington. 12 pp.
Tape: 2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Laura Brown about
Eagle Island. Penobscot Bay Islands Project, Dept. of Conservation.
T1005 - T1008
